General Comments

 The standard of the paper compared favourably with those of previous years. The
questions were clearly itemized, unambiguous and comprehensive. The marking scheme was flexible and exhaustive and the rubrics were clear.

Candidates’ performance was slightly lower than that of the previous year. A total of 86,393 candidates sat for the paper with a raw mean score of 31 and a standard deviation of 15.33 as against a raw mean score of 33 and a standard deviation of 15.56 recorded in the November/December 2015 WASSCE with candidates’ population of 121,796..